Some people argue that Firefox should be able to survive on donations, if only Mozilla accepted them.
To which I say: prove it, you cowards; go set up your monthly donation to @servo.
If there's a project that can prove that that model works, it's Servo.
@VincentTunru As a thing to be aware of, in my experience most people by this point seem to believe that Servo is either dead or still a Mozilla project, and this will probably hamper funding. I think I've spoken to like, 2 people in the past 2 years who actually knew about its current status before I told them...
@joepie91 @VincentTunru well, that and it's also not exactly ready for prime time.
Maybe they should do an actual kick starter, because that's kinda what it feels like to donate regularly to a project you can't even use yet.
@rune @VincentTunru I mean, that in and of itself isn't necessarily a problem, this is a pretty common model on Patreon after all. Though yeah, donations *will* be lower as long as it's not in a daily-usable state yet, but gradually climb as it becomes more usable.
@joepie91 @VincentTunru right, but the overlap between "people who'd give money to mozilla if they didn't feel betrayed" and "people who will fund a browser they may get to use in a few years" is not exactly a circle.
@joepie91@social.pixie.town @VincentTunru@mozilla.social Our reasoning is an anxiety of it being dropped again and the lack of funds, although we would enjoy contributing directly as well if not for our existential situation